Tell Your Story

Drive Growth

Create Lasting Impact

“My vision is to empower business leaders, change makers, opinion leaders, social entrepreneurs and nonprofit founders — guiding them to achieve strategic growth, tell their stories effectively, and create lasting impact.” ~Damon Gardenhire

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STORY

Strategic Communications

Crafting compelling narratives, managing media relations, and training leaders to effectively communicate their vision.

From crisis communications to content creation, Damon Gardenhire ensures your message resonates and stands out in today's competitive landscape.

Services include building and maintaining media relationships, ghost writing, content generation, press release writing and distribution, executive media training, and more. 

SOURCE

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Philanthropic Impact

Design and implement initiatives to maximize social impact and organizational effectiveness.

Damon Gardenhire helps clients identify funding opportunities, write compelling grant proposals that command attention, develop proposals that align with grant requirements, highlight your organization's strengths, and understand how to build strong metrics to secure funding support.

Consulting services include philanthropic impact strategy, grant writing, and ensuring your efforts drive meaningful and lasting change.

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SIGNAL

Policy & Public Affairs

Helping clients develop and advocate for policies that align with organizational goals and drive positive change.

Damon Gardenhire works with clients to analyze, develop, and advocate for policies.

Gardenhire’s expertise ensures that policy initiatives are well-researched, strategically sound, and effectively communicated to key stakeholders.

  • Summit Strategic Planning Services

    Summit Strategic Planning Services

    Align your leadership, define a clear path, and turn insight into action.

    Summit is a strategic planning package of services — a unique process from grounding in purpose to setting actionable goals, achieving alignment, and ensuring long-term success. Whether you're charting a new course or refining your direction, Summit equips you with the clarity, structure, and strategies to reach new heights.

  • Seed: Innovation & Incubation

    Seed: Innovation & Incubation

    Introducing Seed, a new strategic communications, impact strategy and policy development platform under the Linchpin Resources umbrella. Seed is a conceptual framework designed to sow the skills, opportunities, and strategic pathways Oklahoma’s families and students need to thrive.

    As Seed takes root, new opportunities and initiatives will emerge to further strengthen Oklahoma’s foundation. Along the way, practical toolkits will be posted to help communities and families navigate these new pathways.